homeFaculty of Medicine Research and Innovation - RO Outstanding Research Accomplishments About Us Strategic Research Priorities Research Office Staff & Goals Departments & Partners Funding Opportunities Internal Funding Opportunities External Funding Opportunities RMS Funding Opportunities Database Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP) Chairs, Awards & Prizes Research Chairs Awards & Prizes Cores, Platforms & Centres Core Facilities Centres and Shared Resources Research Development Support Application Development IDEAS International Collaboration Resources Engagement and Knowledge Mobilization Research Spotlights Metabolic Disease Research Cancer Research Infectious Diseases Research Brain and Mind Research Cardiovascular Disease Research Medical AI Research Ottawa Medical AI Research Institute OMARI Overview Medical AI Education and Training Medical AI Databases and Resources OMARI News and Blog Medical AI Events News Find out more about the outstanding discoveries and innovations led by our Faculty members and their teams in 2021. Ruth Slack and Peter Liu uOttawa and partners embrace leadership role in understanding heart-brain connection Guy Trudel Study: Being in space destroys more red blood cells Marc-André Langlois Omicron response: uOttawa Faculty of Medicine professor leads national network studying key questions on newly emerged COVID-19 variant Peggy J. Kleinplatz New research provides theory on why women stopped menstruating upon arrival at Nazi death camps Robert Dent, Chantal Pileggi, Ruth McPherson, and Mary-Ellen Harper New insights on how some individuals with obesity can lose weight – and keep it off Ian Colman New research shows dangerous levels of despair among Canada’s transgender & gender nonconforming youth Cliff Cassidy Research suggests specialized brain imaging can unveil mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease, other disorders Jim Sun Treating TB: uOttawa scientists collaborate to identify new drug for unique therapeutic approach